Entries for the forthcoming Antumn Race Meeting of the Shanghai Race Club closed at the Grand Stand on Wednesday and are considerably fewer in quantity th those of the corresponding meeting of last year.
'The decrease is mainly in the entries for griffins' races, but it may' be remembered that Fast autumn, griffin entries showed large increases over previous years.
The most disappointing entry is that for the St. Leger Stakes—I2 as compared with 22 last year, Races: for old ponies have obtained entries} well up-to the average.
Comparative lows— tables are as fol-
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